by Sarah Stoesz, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

June 16, 2009 - 8:00 am

Fighting two attempts to ban abortion in South Dakota taught us that the more we engage in discussion about the issues that affect the health and safety of women, the more people understand and honor the complexity of the abortion issue.

Labels of pro-choice and pro-life do not mean much without the context of textured layers of values and empathy. In fact, in the Gallup poll a majority of people say they are pro-life and they believe abortion should be legal.